Dinner at 28-50 with Francisco Baettig

Had a very interesting dinner last night. It was at new wine-focused London restaurant 28-50 (website here), and was hosted by Francisco Baettig, chief winemaker at Errazuriz in Chile (pictured above).

Alongside the excellent food (which was really, really good) we tasted a number of pairs of wines. Francisco had chosen to pair an Errazuriz wine with a wine that had inspired him during his career.

The wines were all superb, and the comparison was really interesting. I’ll write them up in full in due course. Gruaud Larose and the Montesodi were both drinking beautifully, and were probably the wines of the night. The Errazuriz wines were all very good, with the Sangiovese being a real surprise: this is the first decent Chilean Sangiovese I’ve had.

2 comments to Dinner at 28-50 with Francisco Baettig

I was surprised, too. Obviously, this wine from a good vintage is a wine for the long haul, but having said this it was delivering quite a bit of pleasure even at this early stage. It wasn’t at all closed. I really enjoyed it, but I wonder whether this will actually turn out to be a mid-term rather than long-term wine.